Jeremy Paxman visits the run-down area of Glasgow where Mary was forced to raise her brood in abject and unsanitary conditions. Jeremy discovers his grandmother Mabel left the Glasgow slums and then joined the Salvation Army.
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Jeremy Paxman's not sure he's interested in family history, but he does love social history. However, he quickly realises that his family's story is inextricably linked to that of Britain, in particular to the working-class communities in Glasgow and Bradford. He traces the life of his maternal grandmother in the Salvation Army and the migration of his father's family from Suffolk to Yorkshire.
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